Wednesday, September 30, 2015

The War On Drugs

The war on drugs is a prohibition of drugs, meaning that drugs are illegal and there is consequences for owning, selling, or taking drugs. The traditional aim is to reduce the illegal drug trade, using policies put in place to discourage drugs as a whole. Whether or not the war on drugs works, or is worth it, is debatable. The war on drugs is present primarily in the US, Mexico, and the Middle East, but has influence all around the worls. The term was made ppular by Richard Nixon when he declared druge abuse "public enemy number one". Source